This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER

contains notices to the public of the proposed

issuance of rules and regulations. The

purpose of these notices is to give interested

persons an opportunity to participate in the

rule making prior to the adoption of the final

rules.

Proposed Rules Federal Register

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Vol. 88, No. 161 

Tuesday, August 22, 2023 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

10 CFR Part 900 

[DOE–HQ–2023–0050] 

RIN 1901–AB62 

Coordination of Federal Authorizations 

for Electric Transmission Facilities 

AGENCY: Grid Deployment Office, 

Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notification of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: On August 16, 2023, the 

Department of Energy’s (DOE) Grid 

Deployment Office published a notice of 

proposed rulemaking (NOPR) to propose 

amendments to its regulations for the 

timely coordination of Federal 

authorizations for proposed interstate 

electric transmission facilities pursuant 

to the Federal Power Act (FPA). This 

document announces a public meeting 

to be held on August 23, 2023, to 

discuss the proposal. 

DATES: DOE will hold a public meeting 

via webinar on Wednesday, August 23, 

2023, from 1:30 p.m. ET to 3:00 p.m. ET. 

Requests to speak during the meeting 

must be submitted via the registration 

page no later than Tuesday, August 22, 

2023. See the ‘‘Public Participation’’ 

section for webinar registration 

information, participant instructions, 

and information about the capabilities 

available to webinar participants. DOE 

will accept comments, data, and 

information regarding the NOPR no later 

than Monday, October 2, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

encouraged to submit comments on the 

NOPR using the Federal eRulemaking 

Portal at www.regulations.gov under 

docket number DOE–HQ–2023–0050. 

Follow the instructions for submitting 

comments. Alternatively, interested 

persons may submit comments, 

identified by docket number DOE–HQ– 

2023–0050 and/or Regulation 

Identification Number (RIN) 1901– 

AB62, by any of the following methods: 

• Email: CITAP@hq.doe.gov. Include 

the docket number DOE–HQ–2023–0050 

and/or RIN 1901–AB62 in the subject 

line of the email. 

• Postal mail: Address written 

comments to U.S. Department of Energy, 

Grid Deployment Office, 4H–065, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20585. 

• Hand Delivery/Courier: U.S. 

Department of Energy, Grid Deployment 

Office, 4H–065, 1000 Independence 

Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585. 

Docket: The docket for this activity, 

which includes Federal Register 

notices, comments, and other 

supporting documents/materials, is 

available for review at 

www.regulations.gov under docket 

number DOE–HQ–2023–0050. All 

documents in the docket are listed in 

the www.regulations.gov index. 

However, some documents listed in the 

index, such as those containing 

information that is exempt from public 

disclosure, may not be publicly 

available. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Liza 

Reed, U.S. Department of Energy, Grid 

Deployment Office, 4H–065, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20585. Telephone: (202) 586–2006. 

Email: CITAP@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DOE 

published a NOPR on August 16, 2023, 

in which DOE proposed amendments to 

10 CFR part 900 to establish a 

Coordinated Interagency Transmission 

Authorizations and Permits Program 

(CITAP Program) that will reduce the 

time required for electric transmission 

project developers to receive decisions 

on Federal authorizations for electric 

transmission projects. (88 FR 55826) In 

the proposed rulemaking, DOE sought 

comment from interested persons. DOE 

announces in this document that it will 

hold a public meeting via webinar to 

discuss the NOPR on Wednesday, 

August 23, 2023, from 1:30 p.m. ET to 

3:00 p.m. ET. 

Public Participation 

A. Participation in the Webinar 

The time and date for the webinar 

meeting are listed in the DATES section 

at the beginning of this document. 

Webinar registration information, 

participant instructions, and 

information about the capabilities 

available to webinar participants are 

published on DOE’s website: https://

www.energy.gov/gdo/events/august-23- 

coordinated-interagency-transmissionauthorization-and-permits-webinar. The 

public meeting will be held via the 

WebEx Webinar Platform. Participants 

are responsible for ensuring their 

systems are compatible with the 

webinar software. Requests to speak 

during the meeting must be submitted 

via the registration page no later than 

August 22, 2023. 

B. Conduct of the Webinar 

DOE will designate a DOE official to 

preside at the webinar and may also use 

a professional facilitator to aid 

discussion. A court reporter will be 

present to record the proceedings and 

prepare a transcript. DOE reserves the 

right to schedule the order of 

presentations and to establish the 

procedures governing the conduct of the 

webinar. There shall not be discussion 

of proprietary information, costs or 

prices, market share, or other 

commercial matters regulated by U.S. 

anti-trust laws. After the webinar and 

until the end of the comment period, 

interested parties may submit further 

comments on the proceedings and any 

aspect of the proposed rulemaking. 

During the meeting, DOE will present a 

general overview of the topics addressed 

in the NOPR and allow time for 

statements by participants who 

requested the opportunity to speak at 

the meeting. Speakers will be limited to 

two minutes during the meeting. The 

presiding official will announce any 

further procedural rules or modification 

of the above procedures that may be 

needed for the proper conduct of the 

webinar. 

A transcript of the webinar will be 

included in the docket, which can be 

viewed as described in the Docket 

section at the beginning of this 

document. 

Signing Authority 

This document of the Department of 

Energy was signed on August 16, 2023, 

by Maria D. Robinson, Director of the 

Grid Deployment Office, pursuant to 

delegated authority from the Secretary 

of Energy. That document with the 

original signature and date is 

maintained by DOE. For administrative 

purposes only, and in compliance with 

requirements of the Office of the Federal 

Register, the undersigned DOE Federal 

Register Liaison Officer has been 

authorized to sign and submit the 

document in electronic format for 


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57012 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 161 / Tuesday, August 22, 2023 / Proposed Rules 

publication, as an official document of 

the Department of Energy. This 

administrative process in no way alters 

the legal effect of this document upon 

publication in the Federal Register. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on August 16, 

2023. 

Treena V. Garrett, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. 

Department of Energy. 

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BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 39 

[Docket No. FAA–2023–1648; Project 

Identifier AD–2022–01501–T] 

RIN 2120–AA64 

Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing 

Company Airplanes 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 

(NPRM). 

SUMMARY: The FAA proposes to adopt a 

new airworthiness directive (AD) for 

certain The Boeing Company Model 

787–8, 787–9, and 787–10 airplanes. 

This proposed AD was prompted by a 

reported quality escapement where the 

seat track fitting nuts were undertorqued on some flight attendant seats 

in production. This proposed AD 

requires re-torqueing each free standing 

attendant seat track fitting nut. The FAA 

is proposing this AD to address the 

unsafe condition on these products. 

DATES: The FAA must receive comments 

on this proposed AD by October 6, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments, 

using the procedures found in 14 CFR 

11.43 and 11.45, by any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

regulations.gov. Follow the instructions 

for submitting comments. 

• Fax: 202–493–2251. 

• Mail: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Docket Operations, M– 

30, West Building Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20590. 

• Hand Delivery: Deliver to Mail 

address above between 9 a.m. and 5 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

AD Docket: You may examine the AD 

docket at regulations.gov under Docket 

No. FAA–2023–1648; or in person at 

Docket Operations between 9 a.m. and 

5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. The AD docket 

contains this NPRM, any comments 

received, and other information. The 

street address for Docket Operations is 

listed above. 

Material Incorporated by Reference: 

• For service information identified 

in this NPRM, contact Boeing 

Commercial Airplanes, Attention: 

Contractual & Data Services (C&DS), 

2600 Westminster Blvd., MC 110 SK57, 

Seal Beach, CA 90740–5600; telephone 

562–797–1717; website 

myboeingfleet.com. 

• You may view this service 

information at the FAA, Airworthiness 

Products Section, Operational Safety 

Branch, 2200 South 216th St., Des 

Moines, WA. For information on the 

availability of this material at the FAA, 

call 206–231–3195. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Tony Koung, Aviation Safety Engineer, 

FAA, 2200 South 216th St., Des Moines, 

WA; phone: 206–231–3985; email: 

Tony.Koung@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comments Invited 

The FAA invites you to send any 

written relevant data, views, or 

arguments about this proposal. Send 

your comments to an address listed 

under ADDRESSES. Include ‘‘Docket No. 

FAA–2023–1648; Project Identifier AD– 

2022–01501–T’’ at the beginning of your 

comments. The most helpful comments 

reference a specific portion of the 

proposal, explain the reason for any 

recommended change, and include 

supporting data. The FAA will consider 

all comments received by the closing 

date and may amend this proposal 

because of those comments. 

Except for Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) as described in the 

following paragraph, and other 

information as described in 14 CFR 

11.35, the FAA will post all comments 

received, without change, to 

regulations.gov, including any personal 

information you provide. The agency 

will also post a report summarizing each 

substantive verbal contact received 

about this NPRM. 

Confidential Business Information 

CBI is commercial or financial 

information that is both customarily and 

actually treated as private by its owner. 

Under the Freedom of Information Act 

(FOIA) (5 U.S.C. 552), CBI is exempt 

from public disclosure. If your 

comments responsive to this NPRM 

contain commercial or financial 

information that is customarily treated 

as private, that you actually treat as 

private, and that is relevant or 

responsive to this NPRM, it is important 

that you clearly designate the submitted 

comments as CBI. Please mark each 

page of your submission containing CBI 

as ‘‘PROPIN.’’ The FAA will treat such 

marked submissions as confidential 

under the FOIA, and they will not be 

placed in the public docket of this 

NPRM. Submissions containing CBI 

should be sent to Tony Koung, Aviation 

Safety Engineer, FAA, 2200 South 216th 

St., Des Moines, WA 98198; phone: 

206–231–3985; email: Tony.Koung@

faa.gov. Any commentary that the FAA 

receives that is not specifically 

designated as CBI will be placed in the 

public docket for this rulemaking. 

Background 

The FAA has received a report 

indicating Boeing found a quality 

escapement where the seat track fitting 

nuts were under-torqued on some flight 

attendant seats in production. One flight 

attendant seat was discovered to be 

loose after final installation, and a 

subsequent production line check found 

similarly under-torqued fitting nuts on 

other airplanes. An investigation 

revealed that the attachment nuts were 

torqued using a yoke-type U-joint 

adapter, which is not allowed for final 

torque, as using these adapters can 

result in inaccurate torque values. While 

the attachment nuts should be torqued 

to 140–150 in-lbs, the inspections found 

a few fitting nuts that were only finger 

tight (essentially zero torque), and many 

fitting nuts that were torqued only to the 

30–130 in-lbs range. This condition, if 

not addressed, could result in the 

forward facing flight attendant seats 

breaking free in a high load event, 

causing injury to the flight attendants 

and blocking the exits during emergency 

egress. 

FAA’s Determination 

The FAA is issuing this NPRM after 

determining that the unsafe condition 

described previously is likely to exist or 

develop on other products of the same 

type design. 

Related Service Information Under 1 

CFR Part 51 

The FAA reviewed Boeing Service 

Letter 787–SL–25–025, dated September 

6, 2022. This service information 

specifies procedures for re-torqueing 

each free standing attendant seat track 

fitting nut to 140–150 in-lbs. This 

service information is reasonably 

available because the interested parties 

have access to it through their normal 

course of business or by the means 

identified in ADDRESSES. 


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